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WINTER HOLIDAY HOURS

In observance of the holiday season, the museum will have the following schedule changes:

  • Tuesday, December 24: The museum will close at 2:00 PM.
  • Wednesday, December 25: The museum will be closed all day.
  • Wednesday, January 1: The museum will be closed all day.

Revering Nature: Group Exhibition
Past Exhibition

This exhibition included twenty-five artists working in diverse media and scale, plus five more from the Artist’s Book Collection of BIMA’s Founder, Cynthia Sears. Media included drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, glass, fiber, cut feathers, collage, installation, and artist’s books.

The group exhibition was inspired by BIMA’s Chief Curator Greg Robinson’s sense of a growing global malaise, and that many regional artists shifted their work in the past ten to twenty years from the beauty of nature to concern and alarm. They have responded to diverse and personally urgent calls to action, addressing environmental topics such as endangered species, pollution, and global warming.  The exhibition ranged from lovely, graceful, and more colorful works to those that more profoundly explore the force and scale of what surrounds us.

Through Revering Nature, BIMA desired to engage in ongoing global discussions, and find ways to remain inspired with what we know as beautiful, powerful, and even mysterious within our physical realm. Awe of nature is combined with concern for climate change and endangered species in several of these artists’ works.

For more information, read the full curatorial statement by Chief Curator Greg Robinson.

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When

Mar 11 – Jun 4, 2017

Where

Feferman Gallery

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From the Exhibition

Becky Fletcher (Sedro Wooley), Morning Steeps, oil on canvas, 36”h x 48”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Gathering, 2017, crocheted Buddhist twine, Courtesy of the Artist
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Sedges Have Edges, Rushes are Round - An Ode to Lou Falb, 2017, paper and wire, Courtesy of the Artist
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Sedges Have Edges, Rushes are Round - An Ode to Lou Falb (detail), 2017, paper and wire, Courtesy of the Artist, photo credit: Keith Brofsky
David Eisenhour (Port Hadlock), Dungeness Mask, 2012, cast bronze, edition of 3, 5”h x 27”w x 9”d, Courtesy of the Artist
Kathe Fraga (Bainbridge Island), Beautiful Dream I, 2015, acrylic on frescoed canvas, 40”h x 16”w, Courtesy of Roby King Gallery
Becky Fletcher (Sedro Wooley), Bark Book, oil on canvas, 96”h x 48”w, BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of the Artist
Becky Fletcher (Sedro Wooley), Morning Steeps, oil on canvas, 36”h x 48”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Gathering, 2017, crocheted Buddhist twine, Courtesy of the Artist
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Sedges Have Edges, Rushes are Round - An Ode to Lou Falb, 2017, paper and wire, Courtesy of the Artist, photo credit: Keith Brofsky
Caroline Cooley Browne (Bainbridge Island), Sedges Have Edges, Rushes are Round - An Ode to Lou Falb (detail), 2017, paper and wire, Courtesy of the Artist, photo credit: Keith Brofsky
David Eisenhour (Port Hadlock), Dungeness Mask, 2012, cast bronze, edition of 3, 5”h x 27”w x 9”d, Courtesy of the Artist
David Eisenhour (Port Hadlock), Southwest Seedpod, 2016, cast bronze, 13”h x 7”w x 5.5”d, Courtesy of the Artist
David Eisenhour (Port Hadlock), Death Valley Seedpod, 2017, cast bronze, 24”h x 15”w x 16”d, Courtesy of the Artist
Hans Nelsen (Vashon Island), Orange Sun, 2015, coast redwood stained with pigments, Courtesy of the Artist
Kathe Fraga (Bainbridge Island), Beautiful Dream I, 2015, acrylic on frescoed canvas, 40”h x 16”w, Courtesy of Roby King Gallery
Kathe Fraga (Bainbridge Island), Hold You Close, 2014, acrylic on frescoed canvas, 36”h x 24”w, Courtesy of Roby King Gallery
Kathe Fraga (Bainbridge Island), Springtime in Paris, acrylic on frescoed canvas, 2016, 36”h x 48”w, Courtesy of Roby King Gallery
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Forest Pine, 2015, oil on paper, 16 x 12", Courtesy of the Artist
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Backyard (Top Hat), 2017, oil on canvas, 24 x 36", Courtesy of the Artist
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Trees (Montserrat), 2013, oil on paper, 16 x 12"
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Oakridge Forest, 2016, oil on canvas, 20 x 22", Courtesy of the Artist
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Portal (Alentejo), 2015, oil on canvas, 36 x 72", Courtesy of the Artist
Kimberly Trowbridge (Seattle), Twisp Gothic, 2016, oil on paper, 12 x 16", Courtesy of the Artist
Donna Leavitt (Edmonds), Majesty, 2016, graphite on paper, 60”h x 45”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Nocturne I, 2016, Cherry carbonized papyrus on paper, 4.5”h x 5”w x .75”d, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Nocturne II, 2016, Cherry carbonized papyrus on paper, 5.5”h x 8”w x 1.5”d, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Presence I (detail), 2017, Birch, Cherry and steel pin on paper, 11”h x 9.5”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Presence I, 2017, Birch, Cherry and steel pin on paper, 11”h x 9.5”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Presence II, 2017, Birch, Cherry and steel pin on paper, 11”h x 9.5”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Aaron Mcknight (Bainbridge Island), Presence II, 2017, Birch, Cherry and steel pin on paper, 11”h x 9.5”w, Courtesy of the Artist
June Sekiguchi, Winged Mandala, 2015, enamel on scroll cut engineered wood, 46”h x 46”w, Courtesy of ArtXchange Gallery
Donna Leavitt (Edmonds), Royal Paulownia, 2010, graphite on paper, 72”h x 36”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Donna Leavitt (Edmonds), Sentinel, 2010, graphite on paper, 63”h x 48”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Donna Leavitt (Edmonds), Thrust, 2010, graphite on paper, 47”h x 66”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Elizabeth Reed Smith, (deceased 2015, Bainbridge Island), Trees in Snow, mixed media on paper, 6”h x 6”w, Sears-Buxton Collection
Tracy Lang (Vashon Island), Amanita, 2016, digital transfer, woodcut and lino print, 20”h x 20”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Tracy Lang (Vashon Island), Reflecting Pool, 2016, digital transfer, woodcut and lino print, 20”h x 20”w, Courtesy of the Artist
Kait Rhoads (Seattle), Trigonal Crystal, 2016, blown blue and white murine woven onto bronze plated steel support structures with copper wire, Courtesy of the Artist
Wendy Orville (Bainbridge Island), Wetlands No. 2, 2014-2016, monotype, 12"h x 11"w, Private Collection
Will Robinson (Bainbridge Island), River Hawk, 2016, basalt, Courtesy of Foster/White Gallery
Will Robinson (Bainbridge Island), Unfolding Universe, 2016, basalt, Courtesy of Foster/White Gallery
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